Show love for D 0 baym PICKING OUT THE BEST 0 N 42 in vain did mark cajole the PUPPY to come at his call or to romp with him S OLD MA MAN N NEGLEY turned around AS into amne street tor for bis his dally daily round ot 0 grass cutt cutting irig md gar denoig he be was wits balled excitedly by little mark hendle ite its my birthday cried mark and daddy given roe me a wonderful collie pop pup for a it surprise present good Goo oll I 1 applauded 01 man netley negley A puppy li Is the blandest present that can be given to any real boy were la Is be lets have bave a look it t bin hia he here bev yet cald sold mark a what ive been waiting to see we you li likout lout daddy bought bim at the BIank acre collie kann ls out at blanks burg last week there ve ire elz six collie purples poppies out there only a ia 1141 tie more than three old cays says I 1 can taice take my pic of theiu thew 1 ssi I le lt wanti wants to know it yo ya il 11 coe cotie cat cul 1 to Blanks blacksburg burg with me to hip clao c aioo cite e the beet beat one tic C cars all al read and waiting walting to take i ia there wont you please come mr aigle Ji gle daddy says you can charge him for the time it takes please do I 1 B ays says you know more about dogs thin fir anyone lYone else here and he be wanti wants me to be sure to get the vie beet best half an hour later the hendle clauf beur wae was stopping in the driveway I 1 in front of the Blank Blanka acre ere collie kennels and a kem nelman came forward to escort mark and old man ilan negley to the runs mark was tumbling out of the car in crazy eagerness cager eazer nees ness almo t before it came to a halt in a it wire fenced yard with a rat raided ted kennel house behind it it six furry collie pops were frisking like a of teddy bears beam old man ifan Ne gleye keen eye swept them as they came can bering to the feeve fen to greet gmt the visitors I 1 he cald said in an n undertone to Ms ills crony the as talk rutlieb on ahead to inspect the pupa PUPS ilal 1 ise I 1 put all the family M W pups in one yard and weeded out ite be quality ones why noir countered the kernel nan in the same tone doa dou ex expect the to sell off oft the flyers ax pet pets he can make five times as is much by keeping cm em or by telling selling lent cm al at top prices to other freeders bree Pre deral eders this bunch of youngsters are as tood for itle ns it they were all champion timber the public dont knon the thil difference bootier bare v thick tuck headed beaded and round eyed rahe with a curly coat so long as he lie has a big white collar and a it big white blaze down his foce aban to have the best headed herded plain faced champion slice the days of grand grani old sunnybank Sunny Sonny bank goldsmith smith and find stirling die public remembers remember a the colored picture books they looked at they were kids and the collies in thoe book nil had talk heads and bl found round eyes and great wide white col coi mrs and kinky coats and grett great wide ure ils of white down their josm so the kind of collie they wint bat and that mat s the kind wd of collit the boss Is I 1 selling lea cm at that ag eed old man ilan jeglor cagl ll eyre every bit as a eced and chums churns and guards as the champion we collie its it only when the owner of one of them takes bikes his dear pet to a dog chow show thinking bell hell get all the frite its only then hell know the difference and even then hell illery think the judge Is a tool fool to give all the brizell to clean cleall traded loaded collie with almond eyes and uncurled coat coats and often crt leitt without big wide streaks il it white doan do n their faces vor howdon house dogs and pete pet this bunch here Is as good as and just as clever and pretty too now come on while I 1 help the boy pick out his doe dog mark had heard no word of th dialogue with shining eyes he had atel standing in front of the wire ire down at the alz sit eager little tofile faces upturned to his and at t the doxen dozen pattering walto forepaw forepaws aaa 02 the ax iz wildly wagging tails 11 1 II 14 4 dont know which one to chooser I 1 stammered mark lark ecstatically Tt 1110 eyre re all to wonderful wonder full I 1 AB AU are ar wonderful at tbt age sp eald said old man negley why by ita its so easy to sell ell any ort sort of mutt when hee hes a puppy poppy and so to much larder to sell any fort sort of mutt when be lie begins to shape up but dont chloe any of them jolt yet yon you buy a how horse would you after only swing wing him still 0 n the stall still anever choose a puppy till youve had him out of hie his yard and watched him playing around ground and had a chance to study him and 1 him I 1 caa help vou ou a little bit though as a starter I 1 dont choose that pup farthest to the left been watching him lies iles sulky gulky and besides hes his shy by shy by nature not just indifferent theres a lot of difference and he be snarls in a cranky way when the others try to play lay with him lie ile has bas a me e too theres not muel mu h material for a chum in that one 11 1 I advise yon you not to pick out the te one next to him either he ite has lop ert like a rabbit A pric eared collie puppy can bare have bli his care trained to the right tulip shape after he be la Is seven months old by weighting them with chewing gum sum or candle caudle grease just inside the tip three show collice colties out of fire tre prick eared by nature hut but I leres no hope bope tor for ears that flop down flat got on the aides of the head bead tile f fult will stow grow worse all the time it his collie expression and rites gives him the 1001 of a hound the puppy has a badly overshot jaw too count him out that leaves forr any of them four ought to roe a fine ane chum and a haild handsome tome family dog now suppose you let the kernel man turn tho four loose oh ob the grounds while you play around with them a while A minute afta afterward three of the four puppies came storming out of their yard miniature tuny funy the fourth allowed followed at a bl slovenly walk showing none of their glad excitement in the romp instead of joining them in their gallop he lay down presently as if it for a nap old man negley picked him bim op up and put him back in the yard closing the wire sire gate behind him you dont want that one said he be either he Is born lazy or ele elee he Is ft sickly it if lies sickly you dont want him if hes ns as trey 1 ind listless it u that while bals hes e 9 aaby then hell bell turn uto 1 to a fut ut tul lazy grown dog doz and no sort of a com comrade for fr a irtely boy ue he broke off to tita ith uie te remaining three puppies then olag over to one of them he be picked it ap up genty gently abd ald returned it to the yard that poor little fellow bad had hs bs leg trodden on or lain on by his nother mother when he was a baby eald said he the bone or the sinew got twisted out of chape shape did you me we how be jerked his leg sideways when he be ran and the ole leg splayed out ti 0 me ene side when he stood still its a defeet get worse as he be grew oler now then wet eaf left two to choose frota which shall it be bel I 1 know which but suppose yon you watch cae care fully and t if it you can tell abe theare dipre both pups pum but one Is worth orth teu of the other to you which one and why bythe Me Naught Slad icat ino in |